Caught this the other day on the box, and going of Nicks diet you're not far away buddy.

[video=vimeo;54089463]http://vimeo.com/54089463[/video]

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yah man, calorie restriction is good stuff. Basically only eat foods that have the fewest ingredients. And don't eat more than you need to workout and be healthy. Nick's diet is great.

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Very interesting. I was wondering though, does a calorie restriction diet prevent you from being an active athlete (that do weight resistance exercises, not simply cardio) or developing muscle mass?

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You are always either at a calorie surplus or deficit. Think about it that way. To gain mass you are in loading mode, to lose wait a restrictive mode.

basically :lol:

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Well for someone who is fit with relatively low bodyfat anyways and eats mostly unprocessed foods, would these fasting diets or calorie restriction diets do much?

Looked up some info, if you are underweight already, caloric restriction can increase risk of mortality. :O

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It depends on what degree I suppose. I just try to stay at my personal fighting weight and energy level.

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Very informative.. thank you for sharing!

I've been at the same average weight for about 10 years (b/w180-190) so I really haven't made any significant changes to my diet. I just eat as much as I need..its easy once you can read your body. I've always been physically active which probably masks some of my choices when it comes o certain foods, for example I think I eat way too much peanut/almond butter ..hah

However I am expecting that to change once I get into my 30s, I would either have to do more physical exercise, or go on one of those fasting - eating type diets.

I was surprised at what they said about the mice and their neurological activity during calorie restricted diet..

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I'd have to say I have definitely minimised on the amount of food I eat for lunch and dinner. Start off with a pretty filling breakfast and just drag that on to the full extent. Now that I'm back at sitting in front of the computer for most of the day I'll have to cut back on the crap.

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Basically if you workout daily, and eat healthy, the rest will eventually fall into place. IMO

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^Very true.

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That's what I thought but the whole talk about risk of cancers made me question that. Fit, healthy people still have risk of various types of cancers if I'm not mistaken. And from the documentary, it seems like these types of extreme dieting schedules can reduce those risks of cancers, above and beyond just regular healthy eating and exercising.

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I think you're over thinking it.

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:D I hope so!